Fort Ann, California

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File:Fort Ann California 1866.png.]] Fort Ann is a former gold mining camp in Amador County, California. It was located on the South Fork of Dry Creek, {{convert|3.5|mi|km}} north of Volcano.{{California's Geographic Names|573}} Although local tradition has it that Fort Ann began as a military outpost, it began as a mining camp.

The camp was in place by 1852. Mining occurred in the original camp's vicinity, with some gaps in time, until at least 1941, with people living in the settlement.Cook, Deborah Coleen (16 December 2018). [http://www.ledger.news/roots/vestiges-of-amador-a-miscellany-of-amador-mines-from-a-to-z-part-viii-e/article_393931b2-ff24-11e8-b243-93eac164af41.html Vestiges of Amador], Amador Ledger-Dispatch[https://books.google.com/books?id=INaXLMyLvCkC&pg=PA68 Annual Report of the Director of the Mint], p. 68-69 (1885) (report of 1884 find at "a mine in Fort Ann")[http://www.amadorcountyhistoricalsociety.org/living-history/transcribed/Tape35FredClark.pdf Interview with Fred Clark], Amador County Historical Society (February 1979) (recorded personal account of resident of Fort Ann Mine area circa 1939-40) The camp appeared on the 1866 county map. Evidence of the camp and living quarters was reported to still be visible in 1967.Goode, Erwin G. [https://books.google.com/books?id=i7QwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA119 California Gold Camps], p. 119-20 (1975)